Treatment with eluxadoline, a new oral medication, relieved two major symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (IBS-D) — abdominal pain and diarrhoea, according to a study based on two phase III randomized controlled trials. [N Engl J Med 2016;374:242-253]

Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who initiate therapy with sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors have lower risks of all-cause death and cardiovascular (CV) outcomes, specifically myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, compared with those who initiate other glucose-lowering therapies, according to results from the CVD-REAL* 2 study.

Abaloparatide appears to produce significant increases in the bone mass density (BMD), as well as nominal reductions in fractures, in very elderly women with osteoporosis, with a safety profile similar to that in the overall study population, according to a posthoc analysis of the phase III ACTIVE trial.

The sulfonylurea glimepiride may pose an increased risk of hypoglycaemia in a subgroup of elderly type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with lower β-cell function when added to a metformin regimen, according to a post-hoc analysis of data from the GENERATION* trial.

Colonization with small conidia Aspergillus species was found to increase the risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and death

01 Apr 2013

Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) is the most common cause of chronic lung allograft dysfunction. After lung transplantation, development of BOS may affect long-term survival. Previous studies suggested that Aspergillus colonization may lead to an increase in the risk of BOS. This study determined the impact of colonization of small and large conidia Aspergillus species post lung transplantation in two large independent cohorts. 298 participants from the University of California and 482 from the Duke University Medical Center were observed. Colonization with small conidia Aspergillus species was found to increase the risk of BOS and death.

Treatment with eluxadoline, a new oral medication, relieved two major symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (IBS-D) — abdominal pain and diarrhoea, according to a study based on two phase III randomized controlled trials. [N Engl J Med 2016;374:242-253]

Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who initiate therapy with sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors have lower risks of all-cause death and cardiovascular (CV) outcomes, specifically myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, compared with those who initiate other glucose-lowering therapies, according to results from the CVD-REAL* 2 study.

Abaloparatide appears to produce significant increases in the bone mass density (BMD), as well as nominal reductions in fractures, in very elderly women with osteoporosis, with a safety profile similar to that in the overall study population, according to a posthoc analysis of the phase III ACTIVE trial.

The sulfonylurea glimepiride may pose an increased risk of hypoglycaemia in a subgroup of elderly type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with lower β-cell function when added to a metformin regimen, according to a post-hoc analysis of data from the GENERATION* trial.